REMEMBER: PLEASE PRE-REGISTER!! Directions will only be sent to those who pre-register. You may pay at the gate, but please let us know you'll be there. Also, we need to know how many to plan for, so we can have enough portapotties.
Because there is limited parking space at Roxanna, any festivals there are capped at 100 attendees.
Note: The info below is what I email or mail to people who have registered for FallFling. It will tell you more about what to expect when you arrive, what to bring for potluck, and give you some guidelines. Please read the entire thing very carefully. You'll notice that some (but not all) of the info below is also found in the Rules and the Site Info - let's just say I believe in redundancy. I figure if you read a particularly important item two or three times, maybe you'll remember it! :)
Festival Schedule
Arrival & Check-In Procedures
Parking, Camping, RV Info
Trash/Leave No Trace
Meals, Water, Showers, Pot-Luck Info
Fires, Fire Safety, Firewood
Policy on Animals
Info About the Site
Safety, Security, Contacting Someone On-Site
Volunteering
Other Stuff
Potluck! We will have a potluck dinner on Saturday evening. Please see "meals" for info.
Costume Contest: The Black Hat Society Ball, which will take place Saturday night, will feature a costume contest. The theme this year is Witches and Faeries, with prizes for the best witch and best faerie costumes (two categories, one winner in each).
Give-Away: We'll close the festival on Sunday morning with a Giveaway. Bring an offering for this; it should be something inexpensive, but relatively nice: something you wouldn't mind receiving. No one will go away empty-handed.
Bring everything you need with you! Civilization is only 30 minutes away, but runs to town and back take roughly two hours. If you leave the site in the middle of the day to go get cigarettes, ice, or food for potluck, you will miss a *lot*. If you are going into town, PLEASE announce it, so you can help save someone else the trouble of driving off-site.
Dead trees: There are several dead pine trees on-site. We're working on cutting these down, but be aware of them - take care when parking and placing your tent.
Friday: Classes will begin Friday afternoon; there will be an opening ritual that evening,
followed by a drum circle.
Saturday:Classes and workshops continue. If you are staying off-site, plan to
arrive by 8:00 a.m. each day to avoid missing classes. There is a POT-LUCK feast
Saturday night; see "meals" below for info. Later that night we'll have the Black Hat Ball, with
prizes for the best COSTUMES (witches and faeries). Don't forget your COSTUME!! If you
don't bring a COSTUME, you can't WIN. Don't say we didn't remind you! That evening we'll
have an open ritual to celebrate the land and the season. We'll top off the day with music,
drumming, and general revelry.
Sunday: We'll close the festival Sunday morning with a Giveaway. Bring an offering for
this; it should be something inexpensive, but relatively nice: something you wouldn't mind
receiving. No one will go away empty-handed. The festival ends Sunday at 12:00 noon CDT. All
people must be off-site by 3:00 pm on Sunday!!! We'll need people to help clean up, starting
early that morning.
Due to safety concerns, NO CARS ARE ALLOWED AT THE TOP OF THE HILL AFTER
DARK, especially Saturday night. This doesn't just mean no cars are allowed to stay at the top of
the hill very long
after dark - it means NO CARS ARE ALLOWED TO DRIVE IN PAST THE PARKING
AREAS AFTER
DARK.
Most places at Roxanna are fair game for camping. Exceptions are the parking areas and the
rocks, and the common areas at the top of the hill.
Currently there really is no room for large campers or RVs at Roxanna.Unless you have a tiny
camper or a pop-up, I'd suggest you not risk even trying to drive a large RV up the hill.
LNT: If you'd like to read up on LNT, here are some good LNT principles & ideas as
they apply to Burning Man specifically: http://www.burningman.co
m/environment/resources/lnt.html. Prepare ahead of time; remove all excess packaging from
things, bring things in large containers rather than several small ones, prepackage your food
before you leave home, plan to recycle some of your trash (glass, cans) later, check your camp
and surrounding areas for MOOP (Matter Out of Place) very carefully before you leave.
Meals: All other meals are provide-your-own; you'll need to bring food and cookware,
and grill or campstove. Bring a cooler for your food.
Water/Showers: Roxanna has amazing and *hot* showers. There is a spigot there so you can refill your
water cans, and a sink for dishwashing. Please bring your own water cans.
Fire Safety: Use common sense with your campfires and tiki torches. After battling a
forest fire at a previous festival, we're a bit paranoid about fires. If you light a fire, stay with it.
Keep a fire extinguisher or bucket of water by your fire at all times. Rake away all leaves and
debris from around the fire. DO NOT build up a big, roaring fire and leave it! (Leaving a small
fire or bed of coals for a short time is okay.) Be sure that tiki torches are not close to overhanging
limbs, and are not placed where they will light a tent on fire if they fall over.
Firewood: Any firewood stacked at the main fire is FOR the main fire. If you plan
to have a fire at your campsite, bring your own firewood if you want the good stuff; otherwise,
you may pick up downed wood (mostly pine) on-site.
While you are at FallFling, we ask that you help maintain the harmony and beauty of the land.
Please don't litter or pollute the area in any way, and clean up after yourself, especially when you
pack to go home. Check your campsite and the top of the hill for forgotten belongings. DO NOT
drop cigarette butts on the ground!
The rocks here support a very fragile eco-system. Please respect this by not driving on them, and
by stepping lightly, if at all, on the lichens and other plants on the rocks. Please don't carry glass
onto the rocks; there's enough there already! Do not cross the barbed wire fences these are the
property boundaries. Be careful walking barefoot there's glass on the rocks, briars on the roads,
and prickly pear everywhere.
Getting Help: Festival headquarters is at the DreamScapes/Bio-Buzz vendor tent. There
are several
people on-site who have cell phones in case of an emergency.
Other Legal Stuff: Please be careful about whom you choose to bring to the festival
with
you, as they may not appreciate the atmosphere, or potentially cause problems. Make sure you
know the person well, and can vouch for their good behavior! Along those lines, rules about no
illegal substances, theft, threat to or endangerment of others, and other infractions of mundane
law will be strictly enforced. Underage drinking (have your ID!), gross drunken behavior,
unwanted sexual attention (harrassment), and sexual escapades with someone underage will not
be tolerated. Any infracture of these rules will result in expulsion from the festival with no
refund, and possible arrest, if appropriate. Parents, watch your kids, especially teenagers, at all
times. Finally, FallFling is a private function, and is off-limits to media personnel acting in a
professional capacity. This is to ensure confidentiality for our participants.
Emergency Contacts: I will be at home in Auburn just until the afternoon before the
festival begins, and
after that time you can leave a message on my cell phone (334-787-9332), or just text me. I do
get enough signal for text messages at Roxanna, and sometimes enough signal for phone calls. If
you email me after Wednesday, there is no guarantee I'll get it, and certainly no guarantee I'll be
able to respond quickly or at all.
Radical Self-Reliance: This means taking responsibility for yourself and the people
around you.
Come prepared. This is not an event where all the home comforts are supplied, or even available.
You are expected to bring everything you think you will need: clothing, food, water, shelter,
toiletries, first aid, toilet paper, etc. You *must* take home your own trash. You must clean up
after yourself *everywhere* on site, and be sure your camp and surroundings are free of MOOP.
There is no one there to clean up behind you or do things for you.